Justin Timberlake‘s DWI arrest in the wee hours of Tuesday, June 18 in Sag Harbor, New York probably wasn’t the way he was expecting to end the night. He’s been released from jail already with criminal defense lawyer Ed Burke, Jr. escorting him out of the police station this morning. His solo appearance made everyone wonder where wife Jessica Biel was located when she heard the news.
Well, it seems that she wasn’t that far away from her husband at the time. Us Weekly caught the 42-year-old actress filming the Amazon Prime series, The Better Sister, in New York City on Monday. She was enjoying a beautiful day in Central Park, working alongside Elizabeth Banks and Corey Stoll. The cute scene had Biel dressed in a Renaissance Faire-inspired costume while Banks looked comfortable in an animal-print shirt and a black denim skirt.
Biel was about three hours away from Timberlake when the arrest went down. The *NSYNC singer enjoyed a night at the American Hotel in Long Island and drove to a pal’s house after their dinner. According to the police report obtained by TMZ, he failed to acknowledge a stop sign and then allegedly swerved for another half mile as the police tailed him. The documents claim Timberlake said, “I had one martini, and I followed my friends home.” The pals also tried to stop the arrest even though Timberlake had failed several field sobriety tests.
While Timberlake and Biel have not made a statement about the incident, Biel gushed about her husband in a loving Father’s Day post on Instagram. “You’re so many things to so many people. But to us, you are THE ROCK. The rock we climb on, we lean against,” Biel wrote with a snapshot of Timberlake and their two sons, Silas, 9, and Phineas, 3. “The rock that shades us from the sun. And when we recline on you, as we always do, hopefully our butts will keep you eternally grounded and warm. We LOVE YOU.”
This isn’t the first time the Seventh Heaven star has had to weather her husband’s controversies. They went through a big test in their marriage when Timberlake was caught by The Sun in 2019 without his wedding ring with Palmer co-star Alisha Wainwright in New Orleans. He “appeared to have been drinking heavily and was unsteady on his feet”. While the duo held hands for everyone in their vicinity to see. Biel was home pregnant with their second child, and she never addressed the issue.
Timberlake’s statement after the incident addressed his “strong lapse of judgment” and noted that he “drank way too much that night.” He continued, “I should have known better. This is not the example I want to set for my son. I apologize to my amazing wife and family for putting them through such an embarrassing situation, and I am focused on being the best husband and father I can be. This was not that.” Timberlake’s latest issue may be highlighting a problem he has with his partying ways, but that will be something he has to address in private. For now, Timberlake’s next big task is to appear in court on July 26.
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